A 33-year-old Allentown man admitted burglarizing five homes in Salisbury Township, taking copper pipes and selling them to feed his drug habit, according to court records.

Nathan Eisenhard, of the 900 block of Margaret Street, allegedly committed the break-ins Dec. 2 to March 3.

Salisbury police said they talked to Eisenhard in February after a break-in at 811 E. Wayne Ave., after a witness spotted a car that Eisenhard drives at the scene, according to court records.

According to a criminal complaint:

Police interviewed Eisenhard on Feb. 19, and he denied breaking into the home or stealing copper.

A day after the interview, police searched the car and found cutting tools, an altered South Carolina license plate and addresses of Salisbury homes that are vacant or for sale handwritten on one of Eisenhard's pay stubs. Police discovered that several of the homes on the list had been burglarized and copper had been stolen.

Police later found that Eisenhard, using a South Carolina identification card, sold copper at area scrap yards shortly after the burglaries. One of the scrap yard employees said they referred to Eisenhard as "blanket man" because he had the copper bundled in a blanket and wrapped in green rope or twine. Police found those same objects when they searched his car.

Allentown police arrested Eisenhard on Tuesday on an unrelated matter. Salisbury police went to Allentown headquarters to interview Eisenhard again. This time, after a brief discussion, he admitted burglarizing homes and stealing copper to feed his heroin habit.

Eisenhard is charged with five counts each of burglary and criminal trespassing and four counts each of theft and receiving stolen property. He was arraigned by District Judge Michael Faulkner and sent to Lehigh County Prison under $75,000 bail.